Extract image metadata into form fields

hi gurus
i have an image that contains important metadata,
i need this metadata to be used in forms 6i or to be directly inserted into a database table so i can use them in a report.
i dont have any tools other that plsql - forms&reports 6i
please help urgent

If you have some java experience, you can likely use javax.imageio.metadata. To use within Forms simply import your resulting class file using the Forms Java Importer. The only problem I see is that you mentioned the use of the long since desupported Forms 6i, which was based on JDK 1.2/1.3. This means that you would need to compile your java using a 1.3.1 comiler. You may be able to use 1.4, but I doubt it. Also, I don't know if the imageio package was available in 1.3.
Here are some references which may help. Also try Google ;)
http://doc.java.sun.com/DocWeb/api/javax.imageio
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/imageio/spec/apps.fm5.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=Java+Imageio+API

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